Log in

View Full Version : Dad's '67 VW

LisaJohn
02-25-2012, 6:04pm
My dad took the '67 VW out for a ride today.
Y2Kvert4me
02-25-2012, 6:13pm
Nice lookin' Bug! :seasix:
LisaJohn
02-25-2012, 6:16pm
Nice lookin' Bug! :seasix:

Thanks. He bought it new. That's his mustang beside it and my vette behind it.
lspencer534
02-25-2012, 6:27pm
I love old VWs! His is good-looking. VWs were one of the great automobile ideas: Cheap, great gas mileage, cute, and durable.
CertInsaneC5
02-25-2012, 6:34pm
Nice. :seasix:
MrPeabody
02-25-2012, 6:41pm
I had more fun for less money with my $500 '66 Bug than most of my other cars combined.
Wathen1955
02-25-2012, 6:49pm
That was my first car back in 1972 that my dad bought me. I sold it in 1978 since I already had another car - 1971 El Camino. The VW is a great and easy car to work on. Almost like working on your lawn mower.
JRD77VET
02-25-2012, 7:27pm
I had a '67 but mine was tan. Not much power but ran pretty good :seasix:
beadist
02-25-2012, 7:53pm
I had the use of my mothers 69 or 70 baby blue bug all thru high school. Had such fun that that car. It survived a lot of abuse but it couldn't survive my brother...:mad:
Dan Dlabay
02-25-2012, 7:58pm
That car looks good and clean. Glad to see that your dad took good care of it.:seasix::cert:
LisaJohn
02-25-2012, 8:22pm
That car looks good and clean. Glad to see that your dad took good care of it.:seasix::cert:

Thanks. The bug has never been wrecked or to a mechanic. My dad has always been the one to work on it. It has been painted once.
The_Dude
02-25-2012, 8:36pm
Very nice!
Datawiz
02-25-2012, 8:38pm
There's a bug on the windshield. :leaving:
snide
02-25-2012, 8:54pm
I love old VWs! His is good-looking. VWs were one of the great automobile ideas: Cheap, great gas mileage, cute, and durable.

Everyone loves Beetles, yet despises their creator, Adolph Hitler.
lspencer534
02-25-2012, 8:58pm
Everyone loves Beetles, yet despises their creator, Adolph Hitler.

Yep. The "Peoples Car". But he was long gone by the time they reached our shores: 1949. The car was a good idea, despite it's history.
ZipZap
02-25-2012, 9:31pm
Beautiful bug! First car was a 65 orange Type III. Bought it with baby blue wheels and a chain link steering wheel. Replaced the whole motor in 1978 for $400 including labor. Water came in to the floorboards through the vents. Every 6 months or so the accelerator cable would break right at the gas pedal. I kept a pair of vice grips in the car so that I could clamp onto the broken cable and reach under the dash for throttle. Still in love with that car. Probably because it had room to lie down in the back...:hurray:
Rob
02-25-2012, 9:34pm
I love old VWs! His is good-looking. VWs were one of the great automobile ideas: Cheap, great gas mileage, cute, and durable.

I have a Type II transporter (single cab) ... nice torch red behind though. I want a '00 Vert for me and Yamma again.
Olustee bus
02-26-2012, 6:00am
suhweeet!
The_Dude
02-26-2012, 11:48am
You can see mine in the background of this Utah quality pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/The_Dude/2012-02-21125700.jpg
BADRACR1
02-26-2012, 1:47pm
I had a '66 Fastback for five years I got from my uncle. Great lil' car. Also a '68 Van I also got from the same uncle. He had it for over twenty years, and it was the first stick I ever drove (in 1977!) I also had a '68 Custom Bug that was very nice.
Good lookin' bug there!
LisaJohn
02-26-2012, 3:15pm
You can see mine in the background of this Utah quality pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/The_Dude/2012-02-21125700.jpg

Cool. You have a mustang and a bug like my dad!
J says Thanks for buying BFG tires.
Olustee bus
02-26-2012, 3:24pm
I went to the swap meet/auction yesterday at Talladega and there was one rough bug. Only one. Of course, there was not a lot there at all in my opinion. there were some pretty good deals on vettes I thought.

There was an old, frame off restored 63 silver coupe just like mine but I was too stupid to ask the price.